sail away

WOW. What a crazy month already. School got out the second week of June and it has been busy non stop since then. The kids and I were home for a week and then vacations started. The kids went on their own vacation this year with their grandparents. They spent a week with them hanging out at their house and then camping for 4 days. I think the kids loved it just as much as grandpa and grandma. Chris and I went on our own vacation with very good friends Chris and Stacey. We went to Key West for a week. This trip has been in the planning stages for 3 long years. We all turned 40 this year, me starting in January (yes I am the oldest), the guys- Chris and Chris in April and then Stacey followed in June. This was a birthday celebration for all of us. We had so much fun. I snorkeled for the first time ever. Little panic attack at first when we started to go out into the ocean but once I got out there, it was beautiful. We took a sunset cruise out in the Atlantic Ocean (6 miles off the coast) to the reefs. On the way back to shore we got to watch the sunset over the water. Amazing view.
I was looking through some of my photos today and I came across one of the sunset pictures out in the ocean with a sail boat floating by. I looked over to my stamp table and saw my stamp set Sail Away sitting there and then a light bulb went off in my head. So I recreated my picture card style.

Here is what I used:

Stamp Set: Stampin Up! Sail Away- from the summer mini
Paper: Stampin Up! Whisper White.
                                Pool Party, and Island Indigo (available July 1st)
Ink: Stampin Up! Classic Ink Pads: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Calypso Coral (available July 1st), So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, and Basic Gray

Accessories: I used the stipple brush which is retired.

Now we are all back home and back to reality. House to clean, groceries to buy, dinners to cook, laundry to wash. Vacation was a blast but I did miss my two little guys and I am glad to be back home. Now we are all looking forward to our next little get away next month when we go camping at Disney's Fort Wildness with Chris, Stacey, and their daughter Maggie.
I have another card idea for tomorrow, so until then.